TESTING THE FAITH

Teen girl crucified 'to expel demons'

Ex-boyfriend, 3 others accused of kidnapping, torture

(NEWS.NINEMSN) — Four former members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church have gone on trial for torture over a violent, crucifixion-style exorcism carried out on a 19-year-old woman.

Three men and a woman are accused of tying up the Cameroonian teenager in the position of Christ on the cross and keeping her bound to a mattress for seven days in the belief that her body had been possessed by the devil.

The four, including the victim’s former boyfriend, were charged with kidnapping, acts of torture and barbarism.